Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-12-10

i George IN and died without issue.
/ ''No, do.lt know But by telegraph
/ What does that mean, and how 60 you gcs
j news from London in dayl Ara | expected
/ to believe that! The dream crows qUecrcr
/ ndqGecrer.n
a!ained the action Of the electric tcle-
/ fra-,, Int he did not seem TO comprehend It,
nc fantasies are wilder and wilder. The
4 lightning is made a courier, by and by twill
/ b5 bottled up for lamps, and the sun win
paint our portraits"
IAN that has been done long since,n ~
/ Piled But the intrain is nearly due, and
! with this field glass you can see it from tho
/ balcony Therc--I hear il in the distance.
; You needn't rise, III wheel your chair TO the
! open window-sc.n
The train soon came in sight, dashed on
/ turned a curve, and we could hear it slow
! down as it approached the station. Uncle
| Johns haada shook, partly with weakness,
partly with excitement, but he seemed Ia
/ have hal good sight of the engine and cars,
He 50 th-re rejecting.
E0-' was to impress him with the fact of
! hi i condition. 1t would have to be done,
some time or other. But would it overturn
his reasonlt unused over it.
well, Nephew Guy, as you call yourself,
what are you thinking onln
pray returned, do you remember NJ.
| Delillem
Eyes; where is hel He tried to put me
,sleep, but failed"
"Uncle John, he did not fail He sue
.eededn
ale did, You say. That is little hard to
| believe, even in dream"
"You have been asleep ever since, and were
70 until i awakened YOU
"And for how many hours, prayg"
"Eighty-four years, You fell into an hyp
motto slumber in 1900, and this is 1884,
Uncle John broke into fit of laughter;
but seeing my serious face, paused, and then
deliberately bit his finger.
Il shall be awake presently he said, look
| ing at his finger. And yet this pain-tell
| me all about it,"
/ told him all, as / have written it, but
with moro detail. Then | added: Look at
| yourself in yonder glass. You have grown
old during your artificial slumber. Action
has been suspended, but not the processes of
life. Read the journal you have thrown
| down, and you will see that the world has
| moved and you have not. Clasp my hand
| there, is that not flesh and blood-real and
| not visionary
"And Tom Jefferson has not been just
elected, and the country ruinedW
Mr.. Jefferson after serving two terms,
died many years since; and the country,
after going through two FOREIGN and one
| domestic war, is now at peace and prosper
Gus, with its territory extending from the
| Atlantic to the Pacifcn
"And brother Guyf'
l took down the family record and showed
him the record from Guy v, born April 8,
l770, to Guy VIII, born Mry /, 1856.
The truth seemed to possess the old mans
mind. He looked at his hands and feet, felt
! his beard, and his countenance assumed q
look of extreme terror. Would he go made
Suddenly he burst into a flood of tears, and
felt relieved.
''This-this is cruel" he said, at length,
| with sob.
1--WE did all we could, Uncle John,n 1
pleaded
eyes, I know-I know. But 10 keep me in
living grave to wake old, decrepit--it was
better to have let me die while was uncon-
scious. / am weak-I would like to lie
down"
ado so, Uncle John; you win be better by
dinner time"
/ assisted him to his chamber, where he
lay down on lounge, and l left him to his
repose.
| JUSb DelOIC ulIilPT Il StIb j tUtT W his TOOIu
to bid him prepare for the meal. The SER
want came back. 1.-The old gentleman seems
a little out Of his head, sir. He told me to
put a finder box on the mantel shelf"
/ hurried to the chamber, where found
the old man muttering TO himself / spoke
to him, saying that dinner would soon be
ready.
"You are there" he said; ''and you como
| TO tell me this is no dream, and L am hum
dred and twelve years old"
Then no stared vacantly, and worked his
fingers in a convulsive way.
/ sent at once for Dr. Quitman, our family
physician, while / managed to persuade the
old man 10 get to bed. When tho physician
came, and before he saw his patient, though
gave him none Of the previous facts, stated
that this was my great great-granduncle, and
that he was liz years old. DR.. Quitmon
looked surprised at the relationship, and tho
CLEAN in his eye showed that he doubted tho
age given He went with me to the chamber
and made the customary xamination-Uncle
John answering his questions in monosylla-
bles, not always as though he perfectly I'M
derstood.
"Well, doctorr' ] inquired, when he had
come out
"He is certainly very DID," replied the
physician; che may be close upon 100. There
is no disease-the powers of life are simply
giving way. By careful administration Of
stimulants-I should recommend Huxham's
tincturo-and by judicious nourishmcnt, you
may prolong life little; but he will prob
ably peaceably fade out in a very few days
And he did. On the third day, growing
weaker, and apparently without any feeling
Of pain, he passed away. had my finger on
his pulse. 1t was very weak and slow Ash
stood there he mutterel, and stopped to
listen. lie murmured:
Guy it was as real--you can have no
! idean-
Here he stopped. Ipressed tho artery, l-ut
it had ceased TO beat.-Thomas Dunn Eng
fish in Tho Independent.
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